Deuteronomy 33:22

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“Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.””

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BSBPD

“Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp, That leapeth forth from Bashan.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And of Dan he said: --Dan <FI>is<Fi> a lion's whelp; he doth leap from Bashan.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 33:22 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 49:16Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
  2. Joshua 19:47(Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.)
  3. Judges 13:2Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
  4. Judges 13:24So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.
  5. Judges 14:6and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.
  6. Judges 14:19Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the riddle. And burning with anger, Samson returned to his father’s house,
  7. Judges 15:8And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
  8. Judges 15:15He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.
  9. Judges 16:30Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.
  10. Judges 18:27After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a tranquil and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.
  11. 1 Chronicles 12:35From Dan: 28,600 prepared for battle.

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